Originally Posted by
LUVPLANES
True AA and DL have a bigger pool of guys retiring than we do. JetBlue is offering early outs and they have a total of 4,000 pilots, a much younger group than we have. JB in 2020 is retiring 40 pilots, 2021=38, 2022=37, 2023=65, 2024=75. The savings are there, the difference is our MEC does not want to help the bottom of the list.
I don’t think that it’s fair to say that the MEC doesn’t want to help the bottom of the list. Could it be that they are trying to sell the company on everything short of concessions, but the company won’t listen?